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Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

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UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

ROSYVELL OTIS STEBBINS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

'BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 349,761, dated September 28, 1886.

I Application filed lllnrch 5. 1886.- Serial No. 193,759. No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RoswELL OTIS STER- BINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BottleStoppers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains, to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of bottlestoppers which is especially adapted for powdered substances, as dentifrice, face, and other powders used for toilet purposes; and the object of my invention is to furnish a valve-stopper that can be easily opened and closed by a sleeve having atlanged cap vertically sliding on a tube extending through and above the cork or other filling in themouth of the bottle, thereby providing a discharge-port of suitable size and shape to enable the powder to be siftedout or removed therefrom in such quantities as desired.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a per spective of my invention applied to a bottle ready for use. Fig. 2 represents a sectional view on the line :0 00 of Fig. 1, showing the ordinary cork or filling with my improved valvestopper applied thereto. 3 represents the tube and filling-cap with the sleeve removed. Fig. t shows the sleeve having the flanged cap removed from the tube.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

A represents an ordinary bottle adapted to hold powders, and B a cork, rubber, or other usual filling for closing the mouth of the bottle.

G is a tube, of metal or other suitable material of any desired form, and made to extend through the filling B into the bottle, and to project outward or above the filling a sufficient distance to admit of a sliding sleeve thereon. A cap, I), is secured to the tube 0 at a distance from its lower end equal to the intended thickness or length of the filling B, and is also of slightly-greater diameter than the mouth of the bottle, to enable the cap D to closelyfit down upon the material filling the mouth of the bottle, and to project over the edges of its neck as the tube'extcuds through the filling. 7

One side of the upper end of the tube Ois bent over at right angles with the tube to form a retaining-flange, c, to hold the sliding sleeve on the tube.

Erepresentsaslidi ng sleeve,of metal or other suitable material, having a cap, F, at its top stamped out of the same piece of metal as the sleeve, and connected therewith only at its back and bent overat right angles at a short distance above the body of the sleeve to form a lateral recess 0r discharge opening between the body of the sleeve and the cap F. The edge of the portion of the metal for the cap is bent at right angles therewith on each side to form flangesff, extending downward into the recess 6. Between the flanges,and on the under side of the cap, is placed a soft packing of chamoisskin, felt, or other suitable packing, adapted to closely fit down upon the top of the retaining-flange 0, and end of the tube, to form a practically air-tight cap when the sleeve is slid down upon the tube.

For use with. ordinary toilet-powders in small bottles, I make the body of the sleeveE about one-eighth of an inch'shorter than the tube between the filling-cap D and the retaining-flange c, as this regulates the size of the opening or discharge-port between the end of the tube and val ve-cap when the body of the sleeve is raised to the extent of the width. of the recess 6, so that its upper edge strikes against the retaining-flange c.

In operation the sleeveis moved up, carrying the flanged cap off from the end of the tube, thereby forming a discharge-port between the flanged cap and tube of sufficient size to enable the powder to be sifted or poured out in such quantities as may be desired. The discharge-port may be again quickly closed by sliding the sleeve down on the tube, bringing the soft packing under the flanged cap over the month or end of the tube, thereby forming an air-tight stopper and preventing the wasting of the substance of the powder.

Having thus fully described my invention, I

Ward and above the filling, and having a vertically-sliding sleeve thereon, with a flanged cap at right angles with the body of the sleeve, and a lateral discharge opening between the body of the sleeve and the cap, the cap being adapted to rest upon and close the end of the tube when the sleeve is depressed, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A valve-stopperi'or bottles, consisting of a sliding sleeve having a recess above its body, and its upper end bent at right angles to the body to form a cap, and a lateral dischargeopening, and flanged on its sides to receive a packing-said sleeve being adapted to slide upon and close the end of a tube, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A tube extending from within the bottle outward above the filling, having a retainingflange for a sleeve on one side and at the top of the tube,in combination Witha sliding sleeve thereon having a flanged cap, and a lateral ROSWVELL OTIS STEBBINS.

Witnesses:

WM. K. L. DIOKSON, S. G. MoOoRMIoK. 

